FundraisingIP.com recent articles Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/DBER5CUDUX.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Maybe you've already seen them in your neighborhood, or heard about them in the news: a new generation of food trucks that serves everything from tri-tip and crepes to cupcakes or any ethnic cuisine you can imagine. Unlike a traditional ice cream truck, or the hot dog and taco wagons at a downtown street corner, [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/food-truck-fundraiser/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/food-truck-fundraiser/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT Valentine's Day is one of the best times of year to hold a fundraiser! A Valentine's Day fundraiser offers the advantages of • Decreased competition from other fundraisers – as opposed to the busy times of year for fundraising like Christmas and Fall, when many local and nationwide groups launch major campaigns • Demand for [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/make-money-with-a-valentines-day-fundraiser/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/make-money-with-a-valentines-day-fundraiser/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT There is no doubt that without a volunteer force, local, nationwide and worldwide charitable groups wouldn't be able to do most of their good work. Volunteers are priceless and it would be hard to imagine a world without them! If you're running a fundraiser, or leading a group of volunteers, what can you do to [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/volunteers-unpaid-but-priceless/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/volunteers-unpaid-but-priceless/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT As 2011 comes to an end, we’d like to thank you, our readers, for your continued support of FundraisingIP.com! Please keep sending your comments and suggestions so we can continue to post useful fundraising information and more new fundraising ideas in the coming year! 2011 donation statistics won't be in for a while yet, but [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/2011-recap-diversification-important-for-fundraisers/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/2011-recap-diversification-important-for-fundraisers/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT Maybe you've used gift cards in gift baskets for silent auctions before, or as prizes for your most successful fundraising volunteers, but have you considered doing a fundraiser by collecting gift cards and cashing them in? Especially during the winter holidays, people get lots of gift cards for presents. Sure, you will most likely want [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-with-gift-cards/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-with-gift-cards/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT You may be all wrapped up in working on your last fundraising campaign for the year and taking advantage of the fact that most donations are made within the last three months of the year. But please do take a moment out of your busy day and enter our first Giveaway! All you have to [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/quick-fundraisingip-com-giveaway-ipod-touch-32gb/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/quick-fundraisingip-com-giveaway-ipod-touch-32gb/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT The founders of Groupon.com, the popular coupon website just can't help themselves: they've morphed Groupon out of their then not so popular fundraising site ThePoint.com and have now found a way to get back to their fundraising roots and put the two together as their “G-Team.” G-Team is a new way for non-profits to raise [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/raise-funds-in-your-neighborhood-with-the-g-team/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/raise-funds-in-your-neighborhood-with-the-g-team/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT We had asked our readers seven questions in our survey in October and, as promised, here are the results. If you missed it and you'd like to answer a few questions about fundraising, click here to participate. We will keep the survey open for another few days. Thank you to everyone who participated! Your answers [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-survey-7-questions-results/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-survey-7-questions-results/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT Following are some considerations and tips for raising funds for veterans: - You may feel like you want to jump right into helping out a veteran in your neighborhood, but what you think this person needs may be quite different from what they actually need most desperately. Try to speak to the family directly before [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/raising-funds-for-veterans/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/raising-funds-for-veterans/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT “Tough economic times.” “Recession.” “Depression.” Words that are sure to concern any fundraiser's heart. But fear not! Here are some tips to help you get donations that work during any economic climate, but will be especially useful during a recession. 1. Look at a donation in terms of how it will benefit the donor This [...] http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-in-a-recession/ FundraisingIP.com: Fundraising Ideas http://www.fundraisingip.com/fundraising/fundraising-in-a-recession/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42 GMT